Acherif Surname
Approximately 369 people bear this surname
Acherif Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mali | 323 | 1:52,536 | 1,331 |
| Cameroon | 29 | 1:716,175 | 51,453 |
| Niger | 9 | 1:2,132,446 | 40,124 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Acherif (991) may also be a first name.
Acherif Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Acherif Come From? nationality or country of origin
Acherif (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺷﺮﻳﻒ) occurs most in Mali. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Acherif? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 770,644th most commonly used last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 19,749,447 people. The last name Acherif is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Acherif reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 88 percent reside in Mande Africa. Acherif is also the 255,739th most frequently held first name on earth, held by 991 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Mali, where it is borne by 323 people, or 1 in 52,536. Outside of Mali this surname occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 8 percent live and Niger, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ascherif | 93 | 1 | / |
| Aicherif | 93 | 1 | / |
| Acerif | 92 | 1 | / |
| Aitcherif | 88 | 7 | / |
| Echerif | 86 | 152 | / |
| Acharif | 86 | 53 | / |
| Asherif | 86 | 29 | / |
| Achirif | 86 | 3 | / |
| Akherif | 86 | 2 | / |
| Aitcherrif | 82 | 1 | / |
| Oucherif | 80 | 1,620 | / |
| Asheriff | 80 | 16 | / |
| Asherief | 80 | 4 | / |
| Achaarif | 80 | 1 | / |
| Achereaf | 80 | 1 | / |
| Achereuf | 80 | 1 | / |
| Akerif | 77 | 1 | / |
| Assheriff | 75 | 1 | / |
| Echarif | 71 | 820 | / |
| Asheref | 71 | 21 | / |
| Echeriv | 71 | 16 | / |
| Asserif | 71 | 5 | / |
| Akherib | 71 | 5 | / |
| Achariv | 71 | 4 | / |
| Ashirif | 71 | 2 | / |
| Acharef | 71 | 1 | / |
| Oucerif | 71 | 1 | / |
| Oucharif | 67 | 155 | / |
| Eisherif | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aisheref | 67 | 1 | / |
| Asherefe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Echarrif | 67 | 1 | / |
Acherif Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Acherif in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﺷﺮﻳﻒ | ashryf | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Acherif
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